---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-003780"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KUST"
cik: "0001342958"
company_name: "KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:28:50.720455+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kustom Entertainment sets 2026 executive salaries, bonus eligibility, and grants stock options

## Summary
- Annual base salaries set at $200,000 for CEO Stanton Ross and COO Peng Han, $90,000 for CFO Thomas Heckman for FY2026.
- Each executive eligible for up to $250,000 in performance-based bonuses for 2026, determined periodically by the committee.
- Option grants: CEO Ross receives 58,333 shares; COO Han and CFO Heckman each 22,500 shares; exercise price $2.04, vest Jan 22, 2027.
- Director grants: Leroy Richie 5,000 options, Duke Daughtery and Charles Anderson each 3,333 options; same $2.04 exercise price and vesting.
- All option grants are subject to the effectiveness of an S-8 registration statement under the 2022 Stock Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-003780
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KUST
- cik: 0001342958
- company_name: KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342958/000149315226003780/0001493152-26-003780-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342958/000149315226003780/form8-k.htm

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